Petro Bolbochan

Petro Bolbochan (5 October 1883-9 June 1919) was a colonel in the army of the Ukrainian National Republic during the Ukrainian War of Independence.

Biography
Petro Bolbochan was born in Hytets, Ukraine, Russian Empire (near Kamenets-Podolsky). He served in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I before rising to the rank of colonel in the army of the Ukrainian National Republic, commanding the 1st Ukrainian Republican Regiment during the nationalist struggle for independence. In 1918, he took command of the 1st Zaporozhian Division, leading it in the capture of Crimea from the Bolsheviks that same year. That fall, he was given command of the Zaporozhian Corps and the entire UNR Army in left-bank Ukraine. When his army retreated to right-bank Ukraine, he was relieved of his command and sent to Galicia in January 1919. He was later charged with insubordination for attempting to retake control of the corps at Proskuriv, and he was executed on 9 June 1919.